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Jack Rosenfarb

Orbital Entropy 2020

assemblage, 30 x 18 x 8 cm

This work is a very whimsical and fanciful design. Entropy can be loosely defined as a gradual decline into disorder if things are not altered. Satellites in space may eventually have decaying orbits around celestial bodies and exhibit entropy. Here I try to schematically represent the satellite and the body that it orbits using a combination of small aluminum heatsinks, aluminum stainless-steel rods, wooden cubes, aluminum and a large stainless-steel ball.

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About Jack Rosenfarb

The artist was born in Brussels Belgium and emigrated to the United States in 1952. He is a retired geotechnical engineer and university professor who had over 30 years of experience with major infrastructure and building projects in the United States. His professional life allowed him to work with many architectural and structural engineering firms. Of particular interest to the art world, he was on the design teams for new exhibition buildings for both the world-famous Pierpont Morgan Library in 2005, and The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2015. Upon his retirement in 2013, he developed a keen interest in technologies including electronics and 3D-printing. Although having no formal art training, the artworks in this exhibit are an outgrowth of his interests and knowledge of materials, 3D printing, and assembly techniques.

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